Heat-shrinkable polyester film, process for production thereof, and package
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- US · United States
- Current Assignee / Owner
- TOYO TOYOBO CO LTD
- Publication Date
- 2009-12-10
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Abstract
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TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The present invention relates to a heat-shrinkable polyester film, a process for production thereof, and package, specifically relates to a heat-shrinkable polyester film suitable for a label application, a process for production thereof, and package using the label.BACKGROUND ART
[0002] Recently, in applications such as label package doubling as a protection of a glass bottle and a PET bottle etc. and display of articles, cap sealing and accumulation package, there have been widely used drawn films (so-called heat-shrinkable films) composed of a polyvinyl chloride resin, a polystyrene resin, a polyethylene resin or the like. Of these heat-shrinkable films, a polyvinyl chloride film has problems that heat resistance is low, and it generates hydrogen chloride gas in incineration and causes dioxin. A polystyrene film has problems that it is inferior in chemical resistance, as well as an ink with a special composition needs to be used in printing, it requires high te...